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Anyone see the proposed beer commercial where a guy pulls out a beer in a dressing room, opens it, and rips a replica of the costume Janet wore last year in the last superbowl?
They rejected that too, and there wasn't even a single female in it.

Wow. risky move. Plunking down something like $5 million for two spots, to a largely untargeted audience.... I wonder of GoDaddy is largely owned by investors, or whether Bob Parsons owns most of it himself.

According to another blog post, GoDaddy did $100 million in revenue in 2004 and $170 mill is the projection for 2005. Wow.

Wow. risky move. Plunking down something like $5 million for two spots, to a largely untargeted audience....

Godaddy said it themselves, that don't expect a return on their investment from the advertising, rather they just want to increase name recognition when they roll out new services some time in the future.

"A nerd who gets contacts
and a trendy hair cut is still a nerd" - Stephen Colbert on Apple Users

Godaddy said it themselves, that don't expect a return on their investment from the advertising, rather they just want to increase name recognition when they roll out new services some time in the future.

I don't think I can remember any of the names of the dot-com companies that advertised in the 2000 Superbowl (AKA the "dot-com" bowl). Great way to waste money, considering the audience and the sky-high rates.

I don't think I can remember any of the names of the dot-com companies that advertised in the 2000 Superbowl (AKA the "dot-com" bowl). Great way to waste money, considering the audience and the sky-high rates.

$200,000/second was it? Or was it a 30 second slot for 2 million... one of those.